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Summary: Lily Evans is forced to get a summer job…and soon her mother takes matters into her own hands. Before you know it, things are spiralling out of control as Lily takes on the task of doing laundry…James Potter's laundry.

A/N: HAHA! The first chapter…oh it's so exciting….not. Lol. I just did my laundry so I'm in...erm…the zone for writing this story since it centres around laundry? Yeah…that's right…..

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Washing James' Whites

Chapter One

In the quiet suburban town of Big Whinging, Surrey, the sun was just rising. All was silent as most living in the area were still fast asleep, slumbering peacefully in their beds. That was until a blood curling, aggravated scream rang through all the neighbouring houses around number four on Seventh Drive.

A girl had awoken to find one of her hands stuck in her hair, and the other stuck on her waist. She screeched again.

"Lily Evans! Get in here right now!"

A soft cackle was heard from the room across the hall. Footsteps were heard as four faces poked into Petunia's bedroom.

"My goodness Petty, dear! What happened?" Mrs Evans asked, alarmed, as she hurried over to her daughter.

"She did it! The freak did this to me!" Petunia screeched, moving her hand to point at Lily, but instead caused herself immense pain as that was the hand that was stuck in her hair. Lily snickered, but stopped when her father looked at her disapprovingly.

"Lily, did you do this with magic? I thought you weren't allowed to do magic outside Hogwarts?" Her father asked. Lily shook her head, "No, you can do magic outside of Hogwarts once you turn seventeen, which I am now. But, no, I didn't do it with magic. I did it the old fashioned way."

"How?" he mother asked, glancing at Petunia's unique pose.

"Superglue."

"So can you undo it with magic?"

"Well I could…but who says I want to?"

Both her parents glared.

"Lily Evans! First attacking that boy on the train and now this! You, missy, need to learn responsibility for your actions. Now undo this glue on your sister immediately!"

Lily sighed and pulled out her wand and flicked it. Her sister's hands came unstuck.

"For the record," Lily said, turning to leave, "she deserved it. She wrote 'freak' all over my school stuff."

"Lily, don't walk away just yet! You and I will talk about punishment later."

"Fine," Lily said, shrugging. In complete opposite to school, Lily often got in trouble at home. It was never anything serious, usually just pranks she pulled on her sister. But, she would die if anyone, especial James Potter, ever found out she enjoyed pulling pranks. Well, everyone except her best friend Chelsea Fanrae.

Later that day, Lily's mother, Marie Evans, had to run into town to buy some groceries. It was just as she rounded a corner that she ran into a tall, dark haired woman causing them to both drop their items.

"Oh, I'm terribly sorry! I wasn't watching where I was going," Marie said, bending down to pick up the dropped merchandise. The woman smiled, "It's ok, I wasn't really watching either."

Then the woman offered her hand, "Arianne Potter."

Marie smiled, and shook the woman's hand, "Marie Evans. You look familiar…"

Then a look of enlightenment dawned on their faces.

"You're the mother of the one they're always talking about!" they yelped together, earning some odd looks from passers by.

Arianne Potter smiled, "would you like to get some coffee after you're done shopping?"

"That sounds like an excellent idea."

"Lily! Can you come down stairs please!" Marie Evans called.

"No need to shout mum, I'm right here," Lily said, reaching around her mother to steal a piece of lettuce out of the salad spinner.

"Oh sorry Lily, dear. Listen, I've decided the appropriate punishment for you."

Lily cringed. She liked pulling pranks on her prat of a sister, but she, just like at school, hated the repercussions of getting in trouble.

"And what would they be?" she asked through a grimace.

"I've found you a summer job babysitting a family's nephew. Maybe even doing a few around the house chores," her mother said, spinning the salad spinner to dry the lettuce.

"And which family is this?"

"Oh I can't think of the name at the moment. It's right on the tip of my tongue…Oh well. I'll be dropping you off tomorrow morning. Be ready by eight, ok? And can you set the table for dinner?"

Lily nodded, a slightly suspicious look on her face. Her mother never forgot names.

The next morning, Lily was tired, but somewhat excited about the job prospect. At least she'd earn some cash, and she really did need something to do. Petunia was very close to driving her off the deep end.

She sat in the car, looking out the window when they pulled in front of a large, luxurious house. Lily felt herself gasp slightly at the sight of it. It really did have an air of splendour to it.

"Here we are," her mother said, getting out of the car. Lily did the same. They walked up to the large double doors and knocked. While they waited, Lily heard voices from which she presumed were coming from the backyard. They sounded awfully familiar.

Then the door opened, revealing a woman with long dark hair that was pulled back into a loose braid.

"Marie, Lily, I'm so glad you came. Come inside and I'll show you around!" Arianne Potter offered with a smile, moving out of the way to let them inside. Lily smiled weakly and felt herself pale. She suddenly knew whose house she was at.

She was lead around the lower levels of the house to see the kitchen, dining room, living room and study. She was shown where the bathroom was, and where their nephew's room was. They were now sitting in the kitchen, sipping tea.

"Oh I was so thrilled when I ran into your mother Lily, and she offered your services. With our work schedules we just don't have the time to look after him during the day. But, I couldn't turn my sister down when she asked us to look after little Travis while they were away on business. And well, my son wouldn't be bale to do it," Arianne added conspiratorially, "speaking of my son, he should come introduce himself. James! Come into the kitchen for a moment!"

Lily felt her insides disappear. She had been desperately hoping that this woman was just James's mothers' doppelganger. James came running through the kitchen doors that led outside, holding his broomstick. He stopped dead when he saw Lily. Sirius, being oblivious to everything but the tea biscuits on the table, dodged the stonewalled James and lunged on the biscuits.

"James, what are you staring at?" he asked through a mouthful of biscuit.

Lily took a deep breath, "Hello James. Hello Sirius."

And then, for the first time in his life, Sirius Black was speechless.

A/N: Ok, so we're getting somewhere now, right? Yes, that's right. I know it's still kind of short, but I hope you like it anyways. It's only (if that) mildly funny right now, so forgive me. It will be funnier later. Promise!

Oh, and I'm sorry if there's typos. I have a nasty habit of missing them no matter how many times I read over a chapter. I only seem to notice them AFTER I post it…which is really quite annoying. Anyways, please review! I'll airmail you a muffin if you do….

PS. Anyone who has read the epilogue for The Diary of Lily Evans, I'm sorry for the typos in there too. I updated at around 4 in the morning…I proofread…but I missed a lot…sigh I'll fix it…eventually.

Oh, and Aundreyblaine: you helped me pound out this chapter quickly too. Your encouragement was awesome:D